Al4 > The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 16, 1998

New bench school start
could come by next June

CONSTRUCTION OF a

new elementary school on
the bench could begin as
early as June of next year.

And students could be in
its classrooms a year after
that, says Terrace trustee
Stewart Christensen,

That’s as long as the board
can decide on one of several
standard ~~ building ~ plans
issued by the education min:
istry when it next meets Jan.
6, 1999,

After that, the board has to
agree on final cost estimates
with the ministry before as-.
king for bids on the project.

Christensen said the new
school], which will be simall-
er than Uplands Elementary,
is being built to eliminate
the portables currently
needed al Uplands.

By choosing a standard
education ministry design
— one already used to build
an existing school — the
board saves $150,000 in
planning costs and about a
year in planning time.

Four ministry plans were
on display at the school
board office Dec, 11 so the
public could pick a favourite
design.

Of the 20 people who
showed up, the majority
liked the plans by. the local
architectural firm of Royce
Condie Associates which
designed South Hazelton
Elementary.

People said they like the
mudroom . concept in the
South Hazelton plan,

“Tt’s a really nice school

It's
still
SPECIFIC DETAILS con-’
ceming the replacement

‘school for Skeena Junior
Secondary have yet to be

determined, says school dis- | | |

trict secretary treasurer
Barry Piersdorff.

“It’s a. little early,’’ he
said last week. “We're
looking at meeting early in

January to discuss details.”

The new school will also ,

take in Grades 11 and 12
students ‘but trustees have
yet to decide how to divide

up the student population '

between it and Caledonia
Senior Secondary,
Terrace trustee Marj
Brown said she fears that

having two senior schools .
and -

will create ‘‘have”

“have not” schools.
She’s worried that only

one school will be able to

offer shop classes, for ex- ~
ample, because the district %
wot be able to afford  [,

duplicate equipment.

And because the schools
will divide the student popu-
lation between them, there
night not be sufficient num-
bers at both schools to offer
specialty courses, she said.

‘CUPE REPRESENTATIVE Rita Hall looks at one of several standard elementary
‘school building plans under consideration for a new school on the bench. The
“plan being examined by Hall was the one used to build the South Hazelton

Elementary School.

to walk into,’ Christensen
said. ‘‘The layout is really
nice,””

That’s because the school
has a lot of light with the
use of diagonal windows to
allow more light into class-

TOOMS.
On ail ihe plans, mullti-

* purpose rooms and the gym-

nasium were located on one
side of the school so they
could be more easily used

by the public after hours. —

The new school will house
200 elementary students and
36 Kindergarten students. It
will be located on the south-
east corner of Bailey Street
and Soucie Avenue on the.

bench.

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